Team USA's men's sprinters demonstrated their 100m credentials as Tyson Gay,
Ryan Bailey and Justin Gatlin eased to victory in their heats, with Jamaica’s formidable duo of
Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake also progressing with ease.

Banned Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin’s dream of defending his gold medal ended on Thursday when a court rejected his appeal to run in this week’s U.S. trials for the Beijing Games. The 26-year-old’s legal team had filed appeal motions to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta and the federal district […]

Reigning Olympic 100metre sprint champion Justin Gatlin will have to wait until June 6 to learn whether he will have the chance to defend his title in Beijing later this summer. Gatlin, 26, had expected to learn today whether his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a four-year competition ban for doping […]

Ban: Gatlin Reigning 100 metre Olympic champion Justin Gatlin has had an eight-year suspension for a doping violation reduced to four years, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) confirmed. Gatlin was informed yesterday of the decision handed down by three US arbitrators. Gatlin tested positive for testosterone on April 22, 2006 – his second positive […]

Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin, the current 100-meter Olympic champion, has been suspended four years for a doping violation, according to the Washington Post. According to the newspaper, Gatlin, 25, was informed on Monday of the decision handed down by three U.S. arbitrators. Gatlin tested positive for testosterone on April 22, 2006 and has spent the […]

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin ‘has received a drugs ban’ Reigning 100 metre Olympic champion Justin Gatlin has been suspended for four years for a doping violation, the Washington Post reported on its website. According to the newspaper, Gatlin, 25, was informed on Monday of the decision handed down by three US arbitrators. Gatlin tested positive […]

Asafa Powell significantly lowered his 100 metres world record to 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti. The 24-year-old Jamaican knocked 0.03sec off the previous best of 9.77sec, which he has run on three occasions, in his semi-final at the Italian meeting. Powell, aided by a 1.7metres-per-second following wind, finished ahead of […]

Tyson Gay Tyson Gay became the third man in history to capture gold medals in the 100 and 200metres at the World Championships. Gay, just four nights after winning the 100m title, stormed to victory over the longer distance in a championship record time of 19.76 seconds. Jamaican Usain Bolt clocked 19.91secs to finish second, […]